machine

machine
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. apparatus, contrivance, mechanism, device; motor, engine; airplane, car, bicycle, robot; organization, cabal; machinery.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A mechanical contrivance]
Syn. instrument, implement, mechanism, apparatus; see computer , device 1 , engine 1 , motor , press 3 , tool 1 .
Types of machine tools include: drill press, belt-driven press, hydraulic press, pillar press, pendulum press, punch press, steam hammer, drop hammer, radial drill, gang drill, die sinker, rough grinder, precision grinder, lathe-tool grinder, planer-tool grinder, jig borer, rip saw, crosscut saw, jigsaw, band saw, table saw, speed lathe, lathe-planer, engine lathe, turret lathe, automatic lathe, electric lathe, vertical lathe, crank planer, plate planer, shaper, slotter, broacher, milling machine, gear-cutting machine, die-threading machine, pipe-threading machine.
2. [A political organization]
Syn. movement, party, gang*, ring*, line-up*; see also organization 3 .
3. [A person who resembles a machine]
Syn. automaton, grind, robot; see drudge , laborer .
v.
Syn. tool, shape, plane, turn, drill, weld, die, grind, thread, bore, lathe; see also manufacture 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
mechanism, apparatus, device, appliance, engine, motor, contraption, vehicle, *workhorse, automoton, robot, gadget.

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